how to copy a disk with copy2plus

[thomas@pathlink.com (thomas)]

ok I know it's been a loooonnnngggg time since I had used copy2plus on
my laser128. But recently I tried to make backup copies of 5 1/4 disks
I had created from dsk images on my new IIgs and I can't seem to do
it.

I'm using copy2plus 7.4 (I believe, though I used 7.2 and 9.??? as
well) and used the copy->disk option - it seems to copy each track
from drive a to drive b - but booting the copy always either gives me
a prodos error or simply dumps me into what appears is the monitor
(bunch of numbers, etc.)

this seems to happen for every disk I tried (copy2plus itself, system
disk for apple //c, and a generic (unprotected) dos 3.3 game disk.

I remember you had to use one of the 'game' profiles to bit-copy the
protected disks, but I couldn't find a profile for a regular disk -
the list only contained games and other copy protected disks. btw. I
tried formatting the floppy first as well with no luck - but I think
the copy->disk option should work on an unformatted disk just as well
- or am I way off.

since I've bored you so far, here's another quick question. If I use
the copy->files option and copy the files from the copy2plus disk to a
formatted 5 1/4 (or 3 1/2) prodos disk (I'd rather create a copy2plus
boot disk on 3 1/2 rather than the 5 1/4), why am I still getting
unable to load prodos upon bootup. Does formatting a prodos disk make
a bootup floppy similar to doing an 'init hello' on dos 3.3?

thanks once again,
thomas